This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1953 per Variety's weekly National Boxoffice Survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.

Number-one films

# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1 January 7, 1953 Million Dollar Mermaid [1]
2 January 14, 1953 [1]
3 January 21, 1953 Above and Beyond Above and Beyond reached number one in its ninth week of release. [2]
4 January 28, 1953 The Bad and the Beautiful The Bad and the Beautiful reached number one in its second week of release. [3]
5 February 4, 1953 [4]
6 February 11, 1953 [5]
7 February 18, 1953 Peter Pan Peter Pan earned $270,000 from 5 key cities in its second week of release. [6]
8 February 25, 1953 Peter Pan grossed $400,000 from the cities sampled. [7]
9 March 4, 1953 [8]
10 March 11, 1953 [9]
11 March 18, 1953 [10]
12 March 25, 1953 Come Back, Little Sheba Come Back, Little Sheba reached number one in its 13th week of release. [11]
13 April 1, 1953 Peter Pan Peter Pan returned to number one in its eighth week of release. [12]
14 April 8, 1953 Call Me Madam Call Me Madam reached number one in its fifth week of release. [13]
15 April 15, 1953 Salome Salome reached number one in its third week of release. [14]
16 April 22, 1953 [15]
17 April 29, 1953 House of Wax [16]
18 May 6, 1953 House of Wax grossed $690,000 from 20 key cities. [17]
19 May 13, 1953 House of Wax grossed $563,000 from 21 key cities. [18]
20 May 20, 1953 [19]
21 May 27, 1953 [20]
22 June 3, 1953 Young Bess Young Bess grossed $400,000 from 22 key cities. [21]
23 June 10, 1953 Fort Ti Fort Ti reached number one in its second week of release. [22]
24 June 17, 1953 It Came from Outer Space It Came from Outer Space reached number one in its second week of release. [23]
25 June 24, 1953 [24]
26 July 1, 1953 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms reached number one in its third week of release. [25]
27 July 8, 1953 Dangerous When Wet [26]
28 July 15, 1953 The Charge at Feather River [27]
29 July 22, 1953 [28]
30 July 29, 1953 Second Chance Second Chance reached number one in its second week of release. [29]
31 August 5, 1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Gentlemen Prefer Blondes reached number one in its third week of release. [30]
32 August 12, 1953 The Band Wagon [31]
33 August 19, 1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Gentlemen Prefer Blondes returned to number one in its fifth week of release. [32]
34 August 26, 1953 [33]
35 September 2, 1953 From Here to Eternity From Here to Eternity reached number one in its fourth week of release. [34]
36 September 9, 1953 From Here to Eternity grossed $460,000 from 9 key cities. [35]
37 September 16, 1953 [36]
38 September 23, 1953 [37]
39 September 30, 1953 The Robe The Robe earned $499,000 from 4 key cities in its second week of release. [38]
40 October 7, 1953 The Robe grossed $813,000 from 11 key cities. [39]
41 October 14, 1953 The Robe grossed $1,026,000 from 16 key cities, which was a record for any film gross during a week. [40]
42 October 21, 1953 The Robe grossed $896,000 from 17 key cities. [41]
43 October 28, 1953 The Robe grossed $923,000 from 21 key cities. [42]
44 November 4, 1953 [43]
45 November 11, 1953 The Robe grossed more than $730,000 from the cities sampled. [44]
46 November 18, 1953 [45]
47 November 25, 1953 [46]
48 December 2, 1953 How to Marry a Millionaire How to Marry a Millionaire reached number one in its fourth week of release. [47]
49 December 9, 1953 [48]
50 December 16, 1953 How to Marry a Millionaire grossed $265,000 from 16 key cities. [49]
51 December 23, 1953 This Is Cinerama [50]
52 December 30, 1953 Easy to Love [51]

Highest-grossing films

The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:

Rank Title Distributor Rental[52]
1 The Robe 20th Century Fox $20-30,000,000
2 From Here to Eternity Columbia Pictures $12,500,000
3 Shane Paramount Pictures $8,000,000
4 How to Marry a Millionaire 20th Century Fox $7,500,000
5 Peter Pan RKO Pictures $7,000,000
6 Hans Christian Andersen RKO Pictures $6,000,000
7 House of Wax Warner Bros. $5,500,000
8 Mogambo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $5,200,000
9 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 20th Century Fox $5,100,000
10 Moulin Rouge United Artists $5,000,000

See also

References

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  2. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 21, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. January 28, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  4. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 4, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  5. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 11, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  6. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. February 18, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
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  12. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 1, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  13. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 8, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  14. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 15, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  15. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 22, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  16. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. April 29, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  17. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 6, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  18. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 13, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  19. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 20, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  20. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. May 27, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  21. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. June 3, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
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  28. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. July 22, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
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  30. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 5, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  31. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 12, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  32. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 19, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  33. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. August 26, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
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  41. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 21, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  42. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. October 28, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
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  44. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 11, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  45. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. November 18, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
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  48. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 9, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  49. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 16, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
  50. ^ "National Boxoffice Survey". Variety. December 23, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Archive.org.
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